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Reiuued Feb. 10, 1931 'UNITEDSTATES PATENT oFricE FREDERICK A. ABB OGAST, ],AKBOH, OHIO men BAIT on LURE Original No. 1,770,904, dated July 22, 1980, Serial No. 288,965, filed August 11, 1928. Application for reissue filed December 12, 1930. Serial No. 501,996.

This invention relates to a fish lure and has for its primary object to provide a lure simulating a live bait such as a minnow or the like and designed to imitate, when in the Water, the actions of an injured minnow.

It is well-known that a crippled minnow rovides a very effective bait or lure for game fish as it moves erratically through the water, wobbling from side to side, and is, therefore, easyprey for larger fish. The present 1n vention, 1n the form of a minnow, is designed to imitate these peculiar actions for the purpose of luring fish to strike the hook which forms a part of the lure.

The invention broadly contemplates the provision of a minnow from the body of which there extends the shank of a hook the curved portion of the hook extending from the tail and attached thereto is a spinner so which is freel movable about the curved portion thereo and is prevented from comlng off by the hook barb. The minnow when in the water assumes a position on its side with the hook in upright position, the spin ner acting to ive erratic movement to the lure, making t e same appear to be an injured minnow.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cast lure wherein the hookextends throughout the body thereof and is securely embedded therein. I

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings formingpart of this specification, with the understanding, however,

that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawings but may be changed or modified so long as such changes or modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims. In the drawings Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of the fish lure embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view through the same.

Fig. 3 is a central horizontal longitudinal 5o sectional view.

Fig. 4 is a veiw in side elevation of the lure in operation.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the numeral 1 indicates the body of the lure illustrated as an embodiment of my invention which as shown is preferably cast or otherwise formed in the form of a minnow.

b lilxtending longitudinally through this 0 y hook structure, the free end of the shank projecting from the. mouth of the minnow as shown and terminating in the eye 3 to which is attached the fishing line or guide, not shown.

Inwardly of the eye 3 the shank 2 is formed to provide the oifset i which, after the shank has been castin the minnow body, provides space for the proper insertion of the artificial eyes 5. I

The free end of the shank 2 where it joins the hook bend 6 extends from the rear central portionof the fish body and then is directed forwardly thereof and at one side of the same, the point and barb 7 being arranged laterally of the artificial fish body as shown.

Freely slidably mounted upon the curved portion 6 of the hook is a pin 8, the eye portion 9 thereof having the hook extended there through. The free end of the pin is provided with the head 10 which retains thereon the spinner 11, the pin 8 extending through the angled portion 12 thereof, which portion is freely rotatable thereon.

lVhen the present lure is in use, the artificial minnow 1 will assume a position on its side in the water, the pull of the spinner at one side of the longitudinal center and in substantial alinement with the eye 3 to which the fishing line or leader is attached, maintaining the hook in upright position over the minnow body. The spinner 11 also acts to give a wobbling or side to side movement to the bait,

thus causing the same to appear and act like an injured minnow.

In forming the present lure, a suitable mould is provided to give the proper form to the minnow and previous to the casting operation a hook is positioned in the mould with the hook point or bend arran ed in a plane at right angles to the body 0 the mould.

is the elongated shank 2 of a special:

Proper metal such as tin or the like is then introduced in the proper molten state, the

same solidifying about the hook shank, thus firmly embedding the hook in the molded minnow body.

The bend of the hook is arranged in a parallel plane to the sides of the minnow body at the point in the body where the artificial eyes. are to be placed, the mould being provided with suitable means for forming the I proper indentations to receive the eyes. -The eyes may then be secured in these indentations, positioning in the ofi'set portion 4 of the shank. The body may then be given the proper colors and the spinner 11 fixed to the curved portion of the hook in the manner shown.

Having thus describedan embodiment of my invention, I am aware that numerous and extensive departures may be made from the embodiment herein illustrated and described,

but without departing from the spirit of my invention. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l. A fish lure comprising a body simulating a minnow,a hook comprising an elongated prising a lure body in the general form of a minnow, a hook having a shank attached to and rigid with the body, a spinner, and a swivel directly connecting the spinner with the bend of the hook and having unrestricted movement thereon, said spinner by reason of its free movement on thehook bend, acting to so control the lure body as to maintain the hook substantially upright.

5. A bait of the character described, com.- prising a lure body in the general form of a minnow, a hook having a shank attached to and rigid with the body, a pin member having a closed eye at one end and having the bend of the hook extended therethrough, the said pin being freely movable throughout the hook bend, and a spinner having loose con? nection with said pin whereby it may rotate thereon, said spinner being adaptedby reason of its free movement on the hook bend to so control the lure body as to maintain the hook substantially upright.

In witness whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature this 10th day of December, 1930. FREDERICK A. ARBOGAST.

shank rigidly secured to the body and extending longitudinally thereof, the curved portion of the hook projecting from the tail of the minnow body and arranged in a plane substantially at right angles to the side of the body, and a spinner carried by the curved portion of the hook and designed to cause the body to assume a position on its side and impart erratic'movements thereto when in use,

of the minnow.

2. A fish lure comprising a body simulatin a minnow, a hook'comprising an elongated shank rigidly secured to the body and extending longitudinally thereof, the curved portion of the hook projecting from the tail of the minnow body and arranged in a plane substantially at right angles to the side of the body, and a spinner carried by the curved portion of the hook and designed to cause the body to assume a position on its side and impart erratic movements thereto when in use,

' said spinner being slidably mounted upon the hook between the adjacent tail portion of the minnow body and-the hook barb, and means for attaching a line to the head of the minnow.

3. A fish lure, comprising a substantially flat body simulating a minnow, a hook carried by the body having a shank embedded in and extending through the longitudinal Y center thereof, means for attaching a line to the head of the minnow, eyes embedded in the head of the body, and anpfiset formed in said hook shank and extending vertically in the body between said eyes to permit proper positioning of the same in the body.

4. A bait of the character described, comand means for attaching a line to the head 

